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Colossal achieves near-complete thylacine genome with 99.9% accuracy and 300+ edits in dunnart cells
Colossal announced milestone progress on thylacine de-extinction: researchers achieved a near-complete genetic blueprint estimated at 99.9% accuracy with only 45 remaining gaps. The team executed over 300 genetic edits in fat-tailed dunnart cells to recreate thylacine characteristics. Scientists project a functional thylacine proxy could be born by the mid-2030s.